Donnell Clyde 'Spade' Cooley (December 17, 1910 – November 23, 1969) was an American western swing musician known for stomping his second wife, Ella Mae Evans, to death in front of their daughter.[1] Cooley made many b-westerns, usually playing bit parts, and starred in his own syndicated television show from 1949 until 1959. John Gilmore has written an indepth portrait of Spade Cooley's life and tragic end in Shame on You, a segment of Gilmore's nonfiction work, L.A. Despair. Cooley is also a recurring character in James Ellroy's fiction.

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